Daily Intel Brief
Al Shabaab terrorists kill 20 in Somalia, a known criminal investigative journalist was stabbed to death outside his home, and Iran arrests 12 Bahai members on espionage charges...
Counterterrorism
A simple digital card praising Islamist militants for an attack on a Taliban position in Afghanistan last month is the first known nonfungible token created and disseminated by a terrorist sympathizer, according to former senior U.S. intelligence officials. It is a sign that…
Twenty civilians were killed today in a terrorist attack that was carried out by Al Shabaab group and targeted a fleet of vehicles in Somalia's central region. According to the Somali authorities, the militant terrorist group set fire to the trucks, which were transporting…
Military & Defense
The leaders of Mali and Burkina Faso's juntas have agreed to strengthen their military partnership in a meeting in Bamako, the Burkinabe presidency said in a statement sent to AFP Sunday. On a "friendly visit" Saturday by Burkina's Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri…
A Turkish warship has docked in Israel for the first such visit in more than a decade as relations between the U.S. allies improve following fierce feuding over the Palestinian cause. The frigate Kemalreis docked in Haifa on Saturday as part of NATO manoeuvres in the…
Cybersecurity
The Internal Revenue Service has accidentally leaked confidential information for approximately 120,000 taxpayers who filed a form 990-T as part of their tax returns. IRS Form 990T is used to report 'unrelated business income' paid to a tax-exempt entity, such as…
One of the NFL’s most popular franchises — the San Francisco 49ers — began sending breach notification letters out Thursday, after more than 20,000 people’s sensitive information was accessed during a ransomware attack earlier this year. The BlackByte ransomware gang…
Counterintelligence & Espionage
Gaza's Hamas authorities Sunday executed five Palestinian men convicted in separate cases of murder and alleged collaboration with Israel. The Interior Ministry said the executions meant "to achieve public deterrence and security," but rights groups in the past have…
Iranian security forces in northern Iran on Saturday arrested 12 followers of the banned Bahai faith and accused them of being "Zionist spies", Reuters reported, citing Iranian state media. The Islamic Republic considers the Bahai faith a heretical offshoot of Islam and accuses its…
Transnational Organized Crime
Jeff German, a Las Vegas-based investigative journalist was killed after a stabbing outside his home, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Police said in a press release a man was found dead outside a home on Bronze Circle about 10:30 a.m. on September 3. The Review-Journal…
Jordan and the US have launched joint exercises covering border security alongside other allied militaries, the Jordanian armed forces said. The kingdom is in the midst of an effort to bolster border defences, countering the challenge of Captagon smuggling from Syria…